A woman and baby have been found dead inside a home in Perth’s inner-north, as major crime detectives investigate. A large crime scene has been established on Robinson Road in Morley, with police cars blocking several hundred metres of the quiet residential street. Police say they were called to the house just after 11am and...
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Pacific Island police ministers fly into Beijing to talk security with China
Three Pacific ministers have attended a high-level meeting on police cooperation between China and Pacific Island nations as Beijing continues its push to cement deeper security ties with the region. Key points: Three senior police ministers from Solomon Islands, Samoa and Tonga attended alongside more junior representatives There is no evidence at this stage that...
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Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc to keep rookie waiting for dream Test debut
Nathan Lyon’s return and confirmation of Mitchell Starc’s fitness mean there will probably be no dream Test cricket debut this week for West Australian paceman Lance Morris. Key points: Lyon has played three Sheffield Shield games for NSW since a calf injury ended his Ashes early Coach Andrew McDonald said Starc arrived at training “in...
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Police search for suspects after home invasion leaves man fighting for life
A 61-year-old man is in hospital in a critical condition after his home in Adelaide’s inner northern suburbs was broken into this morning. Key points: A man is in a critical condition at the Royal Adelaide Hospital after a home invasion A 30-year-old man was also at the home, but was not injured Police said...
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Travellers warned by AFP about fake United Nations drug mule scam
Travellers are being warned ahead of a busy holiday season about an emerging scam that involves transporting illicit drugs for criminals claiming to be United Nations officials. Key points: Criminals behind the scam offer travellers up to $35 million to transport a suitcase into Australia The AFP have already arrested two alleged drug mules in...
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Australia inquiry raises hopes for six jailed over alleged 1981 bomb plot
Melbourne, Australia – More than four decades after they were convicted in one of Australia’s longest-running criminal trials, the evidence used to jail six former Yugoslav migrants is being re-examined to determine if they were victims of a miscarriage of justice. A rare judicial inquiry in the state of New South Wales (NSW) began investigating...
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Influencer’s ‘cringe’ baby announcement roasted
A divisive influencer has announced she is expecting her first child with her husband of a year, but their announcement has raised eyebrows online. Jadé ‘Tunchy’ Tuncdoruk and Lachie Brycki tied the knot in a lavish Hunter Valley ceremony in October 2022, after announcing their engagement in January 2021. Jadé, who has 424,000 followers on...
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Police charge man over Daylesford pub crash that killed five people
Police have charged a man over a crash at a Daylesford pub in regional Victoria last month that killed five people. Emergency services were called to the Royal Daylesford Hotel in the picturesque Victorian tourist town just after 6pm on November 5, after a car mounted the kerb and struck several people sitting in an...
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Jim Chalmers makes extraordinary claim that one factor is NOT fuelling Australia’s inflation crisis
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has denied high immigration is responsible for high inflation with the extraordinary claim contradicting the Reserve Bank. A record 500,000 overseas migrants came to Australia during the last financial year, new figures due out this week are expected to show. Australia’s inflation pace of 4.9 per cent in October remains well above the RBA’s...
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Australia plans to halve migrant intake, tighten student visa rules
File photo: People cross a street in the city centre following further easing of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Sydney, Australia, December 10, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File photo Acquire Licensing Rights SYDNEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant...
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Australia Plans to Halve Migrant Intake, Tighten Student Visa Rules
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant intake over the next two years as the government looks to overhaul what it said was a “broken” migration system. The decision comes after net immigration was expected to have peaked at...
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Aussie sailing great makes retirement call
Australia’s Jimmy Spithill has announced his retirement from SailGP racing after his Flying Roo was edged into second place by New Zealand’s Peter Burling in a photo finish in Dubai. Key points: Spithill was leading Team Australia in the absence of Tom Slingsby He says he wants to “let fresh young blood into the competition” Spithill...